42nd Infantry Division insignia (portrait pending)

PFC

William W Kinsie

Aged 18, fallen January 18, 1945

Unit
Company K, 232nd Infantry Regiment
Serial number
37743728
Hometown
Lawrence, Missouri
Date of death
January 18, 1945
Classification
Killed in action
Burial
Epinal American Cemetery, Tablets of the Missing, Epinal, France

Private First Class William W Kinsie, serial number 37743728, of Lawrence, Missouri, served with Company K of the 232nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 18, 1945, at the age of 18. His name is carved on the Tablets of the Missing at Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal, France.

Further reading: The 42nd “Rainbow” Division Was Not at the Battle of the Bulge.

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